Areas covered in the program include background of the HAZWOPER regulations, the site safety and health plan, the emergency response plan, site characterization and the site control program, systems of controls, standard operating procedures, personal protective equipment, exposure monitoring, decontamination and medical surveillance programs, and more. The Videotape Program comes with a comprehensive Leader's Guide, reproducible Scheduling & Attendance Form, Employee Quiz, Training Log and Training Certificate. The Program can be used as the basis for approximately two hours of classroom training.

Introduction to HAZWOPER Retraining Video and DVD Excerpt: What is hazardous waste? Some people see it as "spent chemicals". Others think of as an industrial bi product. But most of us do recognize that it is something that can cause us harm. To truly understand what hazardous means, we need to look at regulations that have been set up by several government agencies. In the hazard communication standard OSHA defines a hazardous chemical as any chemical that has a physical hazard or a health hazard. Physical hazards include combustible liquids, compressed gasses, flammables, explosives, oxidizers, organic peroxides and reactive chemicals. Health hazards include; sensitizers, irritants, corrosives, toxic agents and carcinogens. The US department of transportation defines a hazardous material as; a substance that can pose and unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property when transported. This includes any material listed in the appendix of the DOT hazardous material table. The EPA defines hazardous waste as; any discarded material which is regulated because it exhibits the characteristic of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. As you can see these definitions vary. When we look at all of them together however a common picture emerges. The US department of transportation, OSHA, and EPA agree that hazardous waste can injure, sicken, or kill.